UNPAID Synonyms: 14 Similar and Opposite Words

unpaid

adjective

ˌən-ˈpād

Definition of unpaid

as in outstanding

not yet paid my goal is to have no unpaid balances on my credit cards

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Recent Examples of unpaid Violators with a significant unpaid ticket balance receive escalating fines and penalties and can eventually be taken to court. — A.d. Quig, Chicago Tribune, 19 July 2026 Officer Malcolm Joseph is on unpaid administrative leave during an internal investigation, according to a CMPD news release. — Joe Marusak, Charlotte Observer, 18 July 2026 Many health workers and other frontline workers in Ituri province have also gone on strike over unpaid salaries, further complicating response efforts in what’s been declared the fastest-growing Ebola outbreak on record. — ABC News, 18 July 2026 The employee has been placed on unpaid administrative leave, the company said. — Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 18 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for unpaid

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Hawley criticized Fauci for accepting cash prizes from nonprofits that award money to people for outstanding achievements in given fields and for his embrace of celebrity at the height of the pandemic.

— Jack Harvel, Kansas City Star, 29 July 2026
Each being an outstanding and influential wine producing family, their collective power as a group is unparalleled.

— Yuri Shima, Forbes.com, 29 July 2026

Definition of outstanding

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In other rulings, the IRS has allowed a similar result when an IRA was payable to an estate and the surviving spouse was the sole primary beneficiary of the estate.

— Bob Carlson, Forbes.com, 27 July 2026
Shortly after, the Mountain Recreation and Conservation Authority imposed a $3 parking fee, payable only in cash, to fund park maintenance.

— Assistant Editor, Los Angeles Times, 15 July 2026

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